As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.

One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education... The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

It seems to me of great importance to teach children respect for life.

No human being can ever 'own' another, whether in friendship, love, marriage, or parenthood.

I think that if the atomic bomb did nothing more, it scared the people to the point where they realized that either they must do something about preventing war or there is a chance that there might be a morning when we would not wake up.

Mr. [Richard M.] Nixon never has anything but hindsight.